When in Ottawa, highly recommended to include this in your checklist. Exceptional food and outstanding customer service.
Achini Japahuge
Love the platter we tried. Gravy comes with mussels and prawns were amazing.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hot Seafood Platter
Matthew Diedrick
Great place to have a good evening, thanks Peter and Craig and the staff for the warm welcome and always good vibez.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Michael Epp
Really exceptional chowder
Eric Keys
Overall good restaurant but a little too expensive for what you get.The Negroni's seem more like 2 Oz with multiple ice cubes (no king cube?) which is ridiculous for a 17$ drink. The service was okay, they seem to do a tag team effort which is fine except for when something like your drink order falls through the cracks, also you're not sure who you're supposed to be tipping.The bacon wrapped scallops were excellent.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Marc-andre Rochon
Very good meal but small plates for the price.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ahmed Hameed
Everything was perfect, obviously the spread on the menu isn't huge but they finesse all the sea food they make ?Dietary restrictions: Seafood
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Oysters on the Half Shell
Nesrin Yarangumelioglu
We started by tasting the oysters, our favourites are the ones from New Brunswik. As a main plate we choose Bouillabaisse and moules, both are out of this world ? the atmosphere ans the staff are amazing ? we will certainly return soon!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ben Z
Amazing experience, oysters, cold platter, all amazing. I do wish the oysters were bigger for the price that you pay though, better to catch during specials; delicious nevertheless.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
M G
Fairly standard pub atmosphere and overpriced for the portion sizes. Good quality dishes and their seafood was very fresh but we were still hungry after ordering dinner. Slow service and partner and I were amazed to see children allowed in a pub. Would not go back.
Phenomenal service, food, and ambience at the Whalesbone. It was my first time in Ottawa in a while and I read the reviews, and I was not disappointed. I only meant to get some food to takeaway, but the hostess said the food would be best fresh, so I was sat at the bar where Jamie served me and another solo diner.Amazing attention to detail and service (our water glasses were never empty), constantly making sure we were alright- but never excessive, great conversation, and even got some recommendations for the rest of the trip.We ended the night with some churros (fantastic!) and bourbon on the house. What a welcome to Ottawa, can't recommend this place enough.
Evely Wild
The restaurant is nice inside, the food was good, two of us asked for salt so it was lacking a bit of seasoning.The reason I won't come back is that around an 1h40 after arriving to our reservation a waitress came and told us that there was another reservation in 5 minutes... So... Just to let us know...No matter how you tell that to the clients, you are kicking them out... and we all felt like it was rude/awkward and we left immediately.It never happened to me anywhere and I went to a lot of restaurants. No time limit was on the reservation and nobody kindly let us know when we arrived that we had any time limit, which we would of respected without a problem.I would suggest that you let the clients know ahead of time, if they have any time restriction to avoid that situation.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Jerome Kawa
Scam for the price, not worth it. Good if you don't want to do the dishes and you are a big group but would advise to go somewhere
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Scallops & Pork Belly
Emerald Pringle
Fantastic place for seafood with great service. Prices are higher than some places, but very reasonable considering the quality.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Oysters on the Half Shell
H R
I love this place. I was there for my husband's bday dinner. All the dishes we ordered were so tasty and the service was amazing. I wish I could go there every week.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Oysters on the Half Shell, Scallops & Pork Belly
When in Ottawa, highly recommended to include this in your checklist. Exceptional food and outstanding customer service.
Love the platter we tried. Gravy comes with mussels and prawns were amazing.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hot Seafood Platter
Great place to have a good evening, thanks Peter and Craig and the staff for the warm welcome and always good vibez.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Really exceptional chowder
Overall good restaurant but a little too expensive for what you get.The Negroni's seem more like 2 Oz with multiple ice cubes (no king cube?) which is ridiculous for a 17$ drink. The service was okay, they seem to do a tag team effort which is fine except for when something like your drink order falls through the cracks, also you're not sure who you're supposed to be tipping.The bacon wrapped scallops were excellent.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Very good meal but small plates for the price.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Everything was perfect, obviously the spread on the menu isn't huge but they finesse all the sea food they make ?Dietary restrictions: Seafood
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Oysters on the Half Shell
We started by tasting the oysters, our favourites are the ones from New Brunswik. As a main plate we choose Bouillabaisse and moules, both are out of this world ? the atmosphere ans the staff are amazing ? we will certainly return soon!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing experience, oysters, cold platter, all amazing. I do wish the oysters were bigger for the price that you pay though, better to catch during specials; delicious nevertheless.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fairly standard pub atmosphere and overpriced for the portion sizes. Good quality dishes and their seafood was very fresh but we were still hungry after ordering dinner. Slow service and partner and I were amazed to see children allowed in a pub. Would not go back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
Phenomenal service, food, and ambience at the Whalesbone. It was my first time in Ottawa in a while and I read the reviews, and I was not disappointed. I only meant to get some food to takeaway, but the hostess said the food would be best fresh, so I was sat at the bar where Jamie served me and another solo diner.Amazing attention to detail and service (our water glasses were never empty), constantly making sure we were alright- but never excessive, great conversation, and even got some recommendations for the rest of the trip.We ended the night with some churros (fantastic!) and bourbon on the house. What a welcome to Ottawa, can't recommend this place enough.
The restaurant is nice inside, the food was good, two of us asked for salt so it was lacking a bit of seasoning.The reason I won't come back is that around an 1h40 after arriving to our reservation a waitress came and told us that there was another reservation in 5 minutes... So... Just to let us know...No matter how you tell that to the clients, you are kicking them out... and we all felt like it was rude/awkward and we left immediately.It never happened to me anywhere and I went to a lot of restaurants. No time limit was on the reservation and nobody kindly let us know when we arrived that we had any time limit, which we would of respected without a problem.I would suggest that you let the clients know ahead of time, if they have any time restriction to avoid that situation.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Scam for the price, not worth it. Good if you don't want to do the dishes and you are a big group but would advise to go somewhere
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Scallops & Pork Belly
Fantastic place for seafood with great service. Prices are higher than some places, but very reasonable considering the quality.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Oysters on the Half Shell
I love this place. I was there for my husband's bday dinner. All the dishes we ordered were so tasty and the service was amazing. I wish I could go there every week.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Oysters on the Half Shell, Scallops & Pork Belly